Bruins Win Uglier Than Kings Lose : Boston Coach Goring Criticizes Team After 7-4 Victory

Boston Bruin Coach Butch Goring criticized his team after it beat the Kings, 7-4, Thursday night before 10,214 fans at the Boston Garden.

It was the second time that the Bruins (7-2-1) had beaten the Kings (2-9) in nine days. Boston handed the Kings a 5-2 loss Oct. 22 at the Forum.

“I thought L.A. played a lot better than they did when we were out there last week,” Goring said. “I don’t think we played with much intensity. I don’t think we played with any kind of hockey savvy.

“We seemed to be very lazy, almost to the point of being on the dumb side in many situations. I’m disappointed, but I’m certainly glad we won. Give L.A. full marks because they caused us to look as bad as we did.”

But Bruin goalie Pete Peeters didn’t look bad.

Peeters kept the Bruins in the game in the first two periods until their offense got going. Peeters made 26 saves as the Kings outshot the Bruins, 30-29.

“Peeters was outstanding tonight,” King Coach Pat Quinn said. “He’s one of the reasons we didn’t win.”

Peeters had a little luck, too. He lost his stick while the Kings were on a power play early in the second period, but a shot by Marcel Dionne hit the stick, which was lying on the ice, and didn’t go in the net. Peeters also made a blind save on a rebound shot by Dave Taylor during the same power play, reaching out with his glove, while on his back, to keep the puck from going over the line.

Center Barry Pederson led the Bruins with two goals and one assist.

“That was the worst game we’ve played in a couple of weeks,” Pederson said. “We couldn’t seem to get anything going. Peeters made some big saves to keep us in it.”

Left wing Charlie Simmer had one goal and one assist. Center Ken Linseman had two assists. Linseman is second in the National Hockey League in assists with 16, three behind Wayne Gretzky of the Edmonton Oilers.

Left wing Kraig Nienhuis, right wing Keith Crowder, defenseman Ray Borque and rookie right wing Dave Pasin also scored for the Bruins.

Peeters set up the Bruins’ first goal when he blocked a shot by Dave Taylor in the first period. Defenseman Alain Cote cleared the puck and passed it to center Bill Derlago. Derlago fed Nienhuis, who beat King goalie Darren Eliot with a 35-foot shot from the left circle at 12:30 of the period.

The Kings tied it at 1-1 when right wing Taylor scored an unassisted goal at 3:44 of the second period after intercepting a pass by defenseman Gord Kluzak that was intended for center Steve Kasper.

But the Bruins scored three consecutive goals to take a 4-1 lead.

Simmer, the former King star who was traded to the Bruins last season for a first-round draft pick, helped the Bruins break the game open.

Simmer, the leading goal scorer in the league, scored the tiebreaker off a goal-mouth pass from Pederson to give the Bruins a 2-1 lead with 7:49 left in the second period. It was Simmer’s 12th goal of the season.

Simmer also set up the Bruins’ next goal, feeding a pass to Crowder, who beat Eliot on a shot from the right circle with 4:25 remaining in the period. Eliot got a piece of Crowder’s shot, but the puck deflected off the goalie’s glove and into the net.

“The team has been going good and I’ve been getting a lot of opportunities to score,” Simmer said. “The team is on a roll.”

Borque scored an unassisted goal just seven seconds into the third period when he intercepted a clearing pass by King defenseman Brian Engblom.

“We kept it close for two periods, then we played pansy hockey,” Quinn said. “We played like we didn’t want to be touched. In the last period we didn’t hit anyone. We were out-determined.”

Said defenseman Craig Redmond, who was on the ice for four of Boston’s goals: “Obviously, things aren’t going well. I’m not happy with the way I’m playing. I guess we had a lot of goals scored on our own doorstep tonight.”

King defenseman Garry Galley scored a power-play goal at 4:37 of the third period on a shot that was deflected into the net off the right skate of Boston defenseman Michael Thelven to close the score to 4-2.

But Pederson scored at 6:52 of the third period off a pass from Kluzak to give the Bruins a three-goal lead.

Just 23 seconds later, Pasin scored his first NHL goal to make it a 6-2.

Rookie King center Brian Wilks also got his first NHL goal, at 8:01 of the third period off a pass from Redmond to make it 6-3.

Left wing Dave (Tiger) Williams skated around the net and jammed the puck into the net past Peeters to close the score to 6-4 with 1:38 left in the game.

The Kings pulled Eliot for an extra skater with 1:22 left, but the move backfired when Pederson scored an empty-net goal with 35 seconds left.

King Notes The Kings traded defenseman Bruce Shoebottom to the Washington Capitals for right wing Bryan Erickson. Erickson spent four years with the Capitals. He scored his first NHL goal against the Kings on Jan, 9, 1984. Erickson will report to the Kings’ farm team in New Haven, Conn., and Shoebottom will join the Capital farm team in Binghamton, N.Y. “New Haven needed some scoring badly,” King General Manager Rogie Vachon said. “We made the trade mainly for New Haven, but we’ll take a look at him.”. . . The Kings were 1 for 8 on the power play Thursday night. They are 2 for 25 on the road and 7 for 60 overall. . . . Boston center Ken Linseman had to have four stitches taken on his left index finger after a first-period altercation with Tiger Williams. King Paul Guay restrained Linesman. . . . The Kings play the Hartford Whalers Saturday night before closing out the six-game trip Sunday night in Philadelphia. . . . The Kings haven’t won a game in Boston since Jan. 24, 1981, seven losses ago.